Toledo Christian lost against Cardinal Stritch back in September, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Toledo Christian Eagles fell 3-1 to the Cardinal Stritch Cardinals. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now lost three in a row.
Toledo Christian started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-13.
Despite the loss, Toledo Christian had strong showings from Bella Beyer, who had 21 digs, and Bella Perrotte, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Perrotte a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Toledo Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive matches.
Toledo Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 4-13. As for Cardinal Stritch, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Toledo Christian will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Oak Harbor at 10:15 a.m. As for Cardinal Stritch, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Emmanuel Christian at 7:00 p.m.
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